Chapter 94 Chapter 94
Valerie pov ..
Sir Hernandez was ceased and carried out of the room ,I held my grandmother and helped her sit down .
" You look so beautiful , How I wish your mother was still alive"
" I wish so too , Tell me how was she like "
" She beautiful ,smart and intelligent ,she filled with life always happy ,a strong woman must say "
" Grandma , Am sorry to say this but what your husband said about my mother was it true "
She took a deep breath and cleared her throat .
" You see my child it's a long story but I will take my time to explain things to you , When Steve and I got married , We don't marry because of love ,I was already pregnant for Layla at that time , The man responsible for my pregnancy lost his life in the battlefield ,I was so devastated ,I though of so many ways to end my life ,my parents on the other hand found out about my pregnancy and decided to marry me off to the Hernandez family ,it wasn't easy for me ,knowing I was carrying another man's child , But Steve was not against it because he already had his eyes on me for a long time ,I turned him down so many times making him feel rejected .
After our marriage it was hell for me to adjust ,I refused to consummate our marriage , Because I had no connection with him ,I felt so apart from him , But with time I decided to give him a chance .
He accepted the pregnancy as his own ,and even went about telling people that he got me pregnant before marriage ..oh .he was a good man ,we lived peaceful , Until Layla came into the picture my attention diverted to her completely Steve was sometimes upset with that but still it didn't stop him from carrying out his fatherly duties ,life was going well ,then when she turned twenty , she became so beautiful that marriage proposals was coming in from left ,right and centre but I rejected them all because I felt she was still too young to get married .
Sometimes Layla will complain about her father touching her improperly ,but I paid deaf ears to it .
She stopped for a while And burst into tears then I gave her a handkerchief to wipe of her tears then she continued .
" She started going out of the mansion to be with a friend of hers ,I didn't know about this person for while , until lord Stefan sent a marriage alliance with us for our daughter ,He came to seek for her hand in marriage himself , But my Layla turned him down because he was a vampire "
" What !!!"
I left stunned by what I just heard .
" Also objected to it , But Steve was happy that lord Stefan came to ask Layla's hand in marriage , After too many pressure Layla opened up that she had fallen in love a baker ,he owned a baking shop down the market .
" Wait ..you mean the baking shop down the market "
" Yes any problem ..."
I turned to look at Edward ,He was sitting close to me listen to her story .
" That was where ,Eric worked before "
" You mean that same baker shop "
" Yes ..I have seen the owner there before when I went to look for Eric ,the very day I caught him cheating "
" Really ."
" Yes "
I turned to my grandma and held her hand "
" Can you describe him "
" Ah ..I don't know child it's been a long time , Memories have faded away , But I can never forgot that of my daughter ,if I can see him face to face I will remember him again .
I held her hand and asked her to continue .
" When she opened up about her love affair , My husband was Furious I tried all I could to calm the situation down , But little did I know that Layla was already pregnant with a child , When I found out about it ,I felt my life was playing again in front of me ,I prayed endless that Layla doesn't pass through what I passed through , emotionally "
"When lord Stefan found out about the pregnancy he tried all he could to speak to my daughter, But Layla never gave him a listening ears , After that incident the mansion knew no peace ,Steve will always look for one problem or another to rain down fire on Layla ,She continued bear until , She gave birth to you .
Steve wasn't happy still but choose to have her live in our house , Your father tried so many times to see you but Steve objected to it , And even threatened to kill him if he comes close to the mansion again .
Suddenly Layla started acting strange , She claimed that someone was trying to kill her but I didn't listen to her ,one-day she left the house with you in her arms and she never returned again.
She paused and burst into tears again .
" We look for her everywhere but couldn't find her ,it was after five days we discovered her decomposed body in the woods "
" Oh my Layla , She never wanted anything else she wished for a peaceful life but it was cut short by someone she called father "
A drop of tears fell from my eyes ,I quickly wiped off and pulled her in for a hug .
" Just look my Layla came back to me through her daughter "
" It's okay grandma, Am here for you "
" Yes am happy Layla kept to her words ,by coming back to me "
Suddenly Edward spoke up .
" I will ask hemsworth to go fetch the baker ,I have know him for a while now ,his a good man and his records are clean , Let's see if his the one you are taking about "
" Okay thank you so much ".